Fishing line



May 12, 1931.

F. H. M CALL FISHING LINE Filed Nov. 14, 1928 iiate'ntecl May12, 1931:

UNITED STATES,

PATENT; OFFICE.

FURMAN H. MeoALnoF ennnnsou, sourn: canoniiva, 'ASSIGNOR or; ONE-HALF TOY can; 0. MCCALL, or ennnnv rrnjsou'rn canons- A meme INE Applicationfiled. ntv teiia eas. Serial 1%. 319,291

The invention relates to fishing lines and has for its b1ect theprovision, of means adapted to be connected to a fishing line wherebywhen the hookis taken by a fish the hook is given an upward jerk tosecurely snag the fish. a V

A further object oi the invention is the provision of an applianceadapted to be secured to a fishing line comprising a member havingspring arms that are stressed to move 7 i from one another, one oi saidarms having a sinker secured thereon, and the the -f said arms having alinkprovided with meansito engage the end of the arm on which the sinkeris mountechsaid linkhaving the end of the line secured'thereto, theanchor holdingithe fishing line end inert when the hook 1s struck by afish, the link being released from the end of the arm on which thesinker is secured to release the other arm to the action of the springto give a slight upward jerk to the hook to securelysnag the fish. V

The invention will be described in detail hereinafter and will be foundillustrated in c the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a Viewof the lower fragment of a fishing line showing the device infull linesinoperative position, thelink shown inf longitudinal section and showingthe pos1'- :zn tion of the device when the hnkis released in brokenlines, and

Figure 2 is a view of the partsshown in Figure l in a position at rightangles to'the position of Figure 1.

In the drawings similar reference characters are used to designatecorresponding parts in both of the views.

T he fishing appliance comprises a member including a spring willadapted to be secured and 4. Mounted on the arm'3 is a sinker 5 and saidarm is providedwith curved or bent portions 6 to securely hold thesinker 5 thereon. The end of the arm is provided with an eye 7 and 8indicates a link plvotally mounted in the eye 7 to which the hook end 9of the fishing line is secured at the freeend thereof, the hook beingdesignated 10. Link 8 is provided with one'or more openings 11 to theend ofa fishing line 2 and having the ends of the coil 1 extended toform arms 3 to receive the end 12 of the arm 3 and to hold the arms 3and 4 under tension. When using the device the parts are arranged asshown in full lines in Figure 1 when the line is dropped intothe waterandthe hook 1O baited. hen a fish takes the bait on the hook 10 so as togive a pull on the line 9, no matter how slight-,the end 12 of the arm 3will be re leased from the opening 11 in the link '8 in which it may beinserted, and the reaction of the coil spring 1 will move the arm 4 upwardly-with relation to the arm 3 as shown in brokenl nes in F gure '1thus giving a sufficient jerk to the hook l0 tov securely snag thefislrwithout tearing the hook from the moutlrofthe fish, the sinker 5 onthe arm 3 serving to hold the arm 3 temporarily inert to impart the fulltension or the coil 1 to the arrn4 for the purpose stated.

Vhat is claimed is p A fishing line appliance, comprising acoiled loopof spring wire adapted to be secured to a fishing line, the ends of thewire forming said loop being extended therey from and normally spacedfromone another,

one of said wire ends being provided with bends, a sinker secured to thelast mentioned wire end and held thereon by said bends, a

porarily inert whereby the other end moves upwardly to impart an upwardJerk to the hook.

' In testimony whereof I afiix mv slgnature.

FURMAN .MCCALL.

